By D.R. Bartlette Northwest Arkansas has long been a Mecca for the creatives, the eccentrics and the non-conformists. Here are some locals whose job it is to make this area a more interesting place to live.

“Progress” in Iraq By Doug Thompson I saw too many “Progress in Iraq, retreat in Washington” stories over the holiday week. I advise people who are easily offended to pass this column by. OK, open-ended commitment fans who are still reading this. Let’s go over this again: We won the war in 2003. We overran…